2 weeks of rest for Assan Bazayev

After his terrible fall Tuesday at the first stage in 3 Days of De Panne, Assan Bazayev returns home today in Monaco.

Severely wounded in the face, mostly the nose, he has been followed by a specialist who came from Ghent (Belgium). Assan Bazayev never lost consciousness and he will remain at rest forced for two weeks without being able to bike.

The sport director Laurenzo Lapage, leading the Astana team in this Belgian race said "Assan keeps good spirits and has already in mind to be back on training as soon as possible”.